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\nHassan Rohani<\/p>\n
\nHassan Rohani<\/p>\n
Following thebesig’s Iran lead.<\/p>\n
Iranian President Rohani is making demands and threats to the US. Apparently Trump’s sanctions are hurting them badly, and now they have to deal with the coronavirus pandemic to boot. The regime is on shaky ground, and they know it.<\/p>\n
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has threatened a \u201ccrushing response\u201d if the United States continues efforts to prolong a UN Security Council arms embargo on Tehran that is set to expire later this year.<\/p>\n
A landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers provided for Tehran to curb its nuclear program in return for the lifting of international sanctions, as well as for a UN conventional-weapons embargo due to expire in October.<\/p>\n
But U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018 withdrew from the agreement signed under his predecessor, Barack Obama, calling it a bad deal, and reimposed harsh sanctions that have crippled Iran\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n
Washington now says it also wants to extend the arms embargo.<\/p>\n
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed on April 29 to use all means available to extend the ban beyond October and said he was \u201chopeful\u201d the UN Security Council would prolong the restriction before it expires.<\/p>\n
However, Security Council members China and Russia, which stand to win major new arms contracts with Iran and together with France, Germany, and Britain are still part of the 2015 deal, are certain to oppose an extension of the embargo.<\/p>\n
In a televised speech on May 6, Rohani repeated Iran\u2019s long-standing criticism of Washington\u2019s decision to exit the nuclear deal, which he called a \u201cstupid mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf America wants to return to the deal, it should lift all the sanctions on Tehran and compensate for the reimposition of sanctions,\u201d the Iranian president said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran will give a crushing response if the arms embargo on Tehran is extended,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n
I don’t think that is a very attractive bargaining position to take, and the only things that will get crushed would be whatever Iran throws our way. Again. Read the rest of the article here: American Military News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"